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From the Archives: Yusuf Azad Qawwal

Another sample from the past, original Washerman’s Dog. Fresh updated links from January 2012.

Islam, we repeatedly tell each other, spread throughout northern India, and in particular the places we now call Sindh and Punjab, not primarily because of violent and evangelistic marauders who had itchy sword hands, but through restless poets who preached a tolerant and mystical faith. (Whole article and links)